GENETICS AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PLANTS M - ZModule GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PLANTS
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: ANGELO SICILIAExpected Learning Outcomes
The learning objective of the discipline "Plant breeding" is to transfer to the student knowledge and tools for the evaluation of natural and induced genetic variability for selective purposes. At the end of the course, students will be able to:
● To plan a plant breeding program and to choose the most suitable procedures for the creation of new varieties by integrating the traditional procedures of genetic improvement with biotechnological tools.
● Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying the evolution of plants and applying experimental designs in order to identify and select genotypes to obtain improved varieties.
● Organize and manage the genetic traceability processes of plant varieties throughout the entire production chain.
● To plan a plant breeding program and to choose the most suitable procedures for the creation of new varieties by integrating the traditional procedures of genetic improvement with biotechnological tools.
● Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying the evolution of plants and applying experimental designs in order to identify and select genotypes to obtain improved varieties.
● Organize and manage the genetic traceability processes of plant varieties throughout the entire production chain.
Detailed Course Content
Inheritance and heritability of quantitative traits - genetic improvement and use of genetic variability - reproductive systems of cultivated plants - reproductive barriers: self-incompatibility, male sterility - relationship between reproductive system and method of genetic improvement - genetic structure of populations - traditional methods of genetic improvement in species reproducing by vegetative propagation, by autogamy and by allogamy - modern methods of plant genetic improvement - genetic engineering.
Textbook Information
1. Miglioramento genetico delle piante agrarie, Lorenzetti F., Albertini E., Frusciante L., Rosellini D., Russi L., Tuberosa L., Veronesi F. Edagricole
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2. Genetica e genomica, Barcaccia G. e Falcinelli M., Liguori editore. Volume II.
3. Genetica e genomica, Barcaccia G. e Falcinelli M., Liguori editore. Volume III.
4. Biotecnologie sostenibili, Galbiati M., Gentile A., La Malfa S., Tonelli C., Edagricole
5. Genetica Agraria-Genetica e biotecnologie applicate all’agricoltura, F. Lorenzetti, S. Ceccarelli, D. Rossellini, F. Veronesi, Patron ed.
6. Breeding Field Crops, Sleper DA, Poehlman JM, Ames, Iowa, USA: Blackwell Publ., 2006.
7. Genetica, Binelli G e Ghisotti D., Edises, 2018